Soaring Guidance
Issued by NWS Salt Lake City, UT
Issued by NWS Salt Lake City, UT
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UXUS97 KSLC 211233
SRGSLC
Soaring Forecast
National Weather Service Salt Lake City, Utah
633 AM MDT Saturday, June 21, 2025
This forecast is for Saturday, June 21, 2025:
If the trigger temperature of 51.1 F/10.6 C is reached...then
Thermal Soaring Index....................... Excellent
Maximum rate of lift........................ 1186 ft/min (6.0 m/s)
Maximum height of thermals.................. 20284 ft MSL (15359 ft AGL)
Forecast maximum temperature................... 80.0 F/27.1 C
Time of trigger temperature.................... None
Time of overdevelopment........................ None
Middle/high clouds during soaring window....... None
Surface winds during soaring window............ 20 mph or less
Height of the -3 thermal index................. 17817 ft MSL (12892 ft AGL)
Thermal soaring outlook for Sunday 06/22....... Excellent
Wave Soaring Index............................. Not available
Remarks...
Sunrise/Sunset.................... 05:56:45 / 21:02:46 MDT
Total possible sunshine........... 15 hr 6 min 0 sec (906 min 0 sec)
Altitude of sun at 13:29:45 MDT... 71.57 degrees
Upper air data from rawinsonde observation taken on 06/21/2025 at 0600 MDT
Freezing level.................. 8260 ft MSL (3335 ft AGL)
Convective condensation level... 10328 ft MSL (5403 ft AGL)
Lifted condensation level....... 16055 ft MSL (11130 ft AGL)
Lifted index.................... -1.7
K index......................... +10.9
Height Temperature Wind Wind Spd Lapse Rate ConvectionT Thermal Lift Rate
ft MSL deg C deg F Dir kt m/s C/km F/kft deg C deg F Index fpm m/s
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26000 -28.3 -18.9 210 104 54 4.7 2.6 38.3 101.0 9.2 M M
24000 -25.1 -13.2 210 88 45 4.3 2.4 34.2 93.6 6.1 M M
22000 -22.8 -9.0 215 69 36 3.8 2.1 29.8 85.6 2.6 M M
20000 -20.0 -4.0 225 56 29 5.5 3.0 26.2 79.1 -0.5 1159 5.9
18000 -16.5 2.3 230 47 24 6.7 3.7 23.5 74.4 -2.8 997 5.1
16000 -12.8 9.0 230 40 20 6.0 3.3 21.2 70.1 -5.1 827 4.2
14000 -9.3 15.3 240 29 15 5.4 3.0 18.6 65.5 -7.6 663 3.4
12000 -6.8 19.8 260 17 9 4.8 2.6 15.1 59.1 -11.1 527 2.7
10000 -3.3 26.1 270 11 6 6.0 3.3 12.8 55.0 -13.7 363 1.8
9000 -1.6 29.1 275 10 5 6.5 3.6 11.5 52.8 -15.1 283 1.4
8000 0.8 33.4 280 6 3 6.5 3.6 10.3 50.6 -16.6 174 0.9
7000 2.8 37.0 300 4 2 7.3 4.0 9.4 48.9 -17.7 84 0.4
6000 5.2 41.4 340 2 1 8.9 4.9 9.0 48.1 -18.3 M M
5000 7.9 46.2 345 1 1 7.2 4.0 8.7 47.7 -18.8 M M
* * * * * * Numerical weather prediction model forecast data valid * * * * * *
06/21/2025 at 0900 MDT | 06/21/2025 at 1200 MDT
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CAPE... 0.0 LI... +10.1 | CAPE... 0.0 LI... +8.8
CINH... 0.0 K Index... -4.3 | CINH... 0.0 K Index... +3.7
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Height Temperature Wnd WndSpd Lapse Rate | Temperature Wnd WndSpd Lapse Rate
ft MSL deg C deg F Dir kt m/s C/km F/kft | deg C deg F Dir kt m/s C/km F/kft
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26000 -22.6 -8.7 225 71 36 8.1 4.4 | -23.1 -9.6 220 74 38 8.3 4.5
24000 -17.8 -0.0 225 69 36 7.5 4.1 | -18.2 -0.8 220 71 37 7.3 4.0
22000 -12.7 9.1 225 67 35 7.6 4.1 | -13.8 7.2 220 68 35 7.4 4.0
20000 -8.9 16.0 225 64 33 6.2 3.4 | -9.7 14.5 215 64 33 6.8 3.7
18000 -5.1 22.8 220 61 31 6.8 3.7 | -5.3 22.5 215 60 31 6.7 3.7
16000 -1.3 29.7 220 59 30 5.2 2.8 | -1.9 28.6 215 58 30 5.2 2.8
14000 1.1 34.0 215 56 29 2.3 1.3 | 0.6 33.1 215 54 28 3.1 1.7
12000 2.4 36.3 215 40 21 3.0 1.6 | 2.5 36.5 210 39 20 4.2 2.3
10000 3.7 38.7 190 13 6 2.6 1.4 | 5.3 41.5 190 23 12 4.0 2.2
9000 5.1 41.2 150 4 2 5.9 3.2 | 6.8 44.2 185 14 7 5.2 2.8
8000 6.8 44.2 055 3 1 5.3 2.9 | 7.8 46.0 215 5 3 5.5 3.0
7000 8.5 47.3 015 3 2 5.9 3.3 | 10.2 50.4 265 5 2 9.1 5.0
6000 10.5 50.9 345 4 2 8.4 4.6 | 13.0 55.4 285 6 3 10.1 5.5
5000 13.9 57.0 320 5 2 25.5 14.0 | 17.0 62.6 295 8 4 36.9 20.2
06/21/2025 at 1500 MDT | 06/21/2025 at 1800 MDT
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CAPE... 0.0 LI... +6.0 | CAPE... 0.0 LI... +2.6
CINH... -0.0 K Index... +12.5 | CINH... -1.7 K Index... +16.1
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Height Temperature Wnd WndSpd Lapse Rate | Temperature Wnd WndSpd Lapse Rate
ft MSL deg C deg F Dir kt m/s C/km F/kft | deg C deg F Dir kt m/s C/km F/kft
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26000 -23.5 -10.3 215 77 40 8.2 4.5 | -24.3 -11.7 210 83 43 7.7 4.2
24000 -18.7 -1.7 215 74 38 7.2 3.9 | -19.8 -3.6 210 79 41 6.9 3.8
22000 -14.3 6.3 215 71 36 7.3 4.0 | -15.6 3.9 210 74 38 7.0 3.8
20000 -10.3 13.5 215 67 34 6.6 3.6 | -12.1 10.2 205 68 35 5.4 3.0
18000 -6.1 21.0 210 62 32 5.9 3.3 | -8.5 16.7 205 61 31 5.9 3.2
16000 -3.2 26.2 205 57 30 4.2 2.3 | -4.6 23.7 200 54 28 7.2 3.9
14000 -0.5 31.1 200 48 25 6.0 3.3 | 0.0 32.0 195 47 24 8.4 4.6
12000 3.5 38.3 195 39 20 7.1 3.9 | 5.0 41.0 195 35 18 8.0 4.4
10000 7.5 45.5 190 27 14 5.1 2.8 | 8.5 47.3 205 19 10 3.0 1.7
9000 9.0 48.2 195 17 9 4.5 2.4 | 9.1 48.4 230 9 4 3.2 1.7
8000 10.2 50.4 230 9 4 5.5 3.0 | 10.0 50.0 305 8 4 4.2 2.3
7000 12.2 54.0 275 8 4 8.6 4.7 | 12.2 54.0 315 10 5 8.7 4.8
6000 14.8 58.6 295 9 5 11.2 6.1 | 14.9 58.8 315 11 5 11.2 6.1
5000 18.7 65.7 305 11 6 40.2 22.1 | 18.6 65.5 310 10 5 27.0 14.8
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